US4751378B1 - Optical device with quantum well absorption - Google Patents

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US4751378B1
US4751378B1 US4220287A US4751378B1 US 4751378 B1 US4751378 B1 US 4751378B1 US 4220287 A US4220287 A US 4220287A US 4751378 B1 US4751378 B1 US 4751378B1
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Anthony L Lentine
David A B Miller
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Assigned to BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED, 600 MOUNTAIN AVE., MURRAY HILL, NJ 07974-2070, A CORP OF NY, AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, 550 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK, NY 10022-3201, A CORP OF NY reassignment BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED, 600 MOUNTAIN AVE., MURRAY HILL, NJ 07974-2070, A CORP OF NY ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Assignors: HINTON, HARVARD S., LENTINE, ANTHONY L., MILLER, DAVID A. B.
Priority to PCT/US1988/000516 priority patent/WO1988008554A1/en
Priority to JP63504895A priority patent/JP2555438B2/en
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    • B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
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    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F3/00—Optical logic elements; Optical bistable devices
    • G02F3/02—Optical bistable devices
    • G02F3/028—Optical bistable devices based on self electro-optic effect devices [SEED]
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    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/015—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on semiconductor elements having potential barriers, e.g. having a PN or PIN junction
    • G02F1/017—Structures with periodic or quasi periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices, quantum wells
    • G02F1/01716—Optically controlled superlattice or quantum well devices

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US07042202 1987-04-24 1987-04-24 Optical device with quantum well absorption Expired - Lifetime US4751378B1 (en)

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US07042202 US4751378B1 (en) 1987-04-24 1987-04-24 Optical device with quantum well absorption
EP88905260A EP0359778B1 (en) 1987-04-24 1988-02-22 Optical device
JP63504895A JP2555438B2 (en) 1987-04-24 1988-02-22 Optical device
DE3850103T DE3850103T2 (en) 1987-04-24 1988-02-22 OPTICAL DEVICE.
PCT/US1988/000516 WO1988008554A1 (en) 1987-04-24 1988-02-22 Optical device
CA000562649A CA1293795C (en) 1987-04-24 1988-03-28 Optical device

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US4751378B1 true US4751378B1 (en) 2000-04-25

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US4899201A (en) * 1987-08-14 1990-02-06 Regents Of The University Of Minnesota Electronic and optoelectric devices utilizing light hole properties
US4904858A (en) * 1989-05-31 1990-02-27 American Telephone And Telegraph Company Programmable optical logic devices operable by measuring the ratio of optical data signal power to optical reference threshold power
US4914286A (en) * 1989-04-20 1990-04-03 At&T Bell Laboratories Method and apparatus for increasing the processing capacity of optical digital processing systems having optically bistable devices
US4952791A (en) * 1988-12-12 1990-08-28 At&T Bell Laboratories Monolithic apparatus comprising optically interconnected quantum well devices
US4959534A (en) * 1989-08-28 1990-09-25 At&T Bell Laboratories Differential optical logic arrangement
US4967068A (en) * 1989-08-28 1990-10-30 At&T Bell Laboratories Single-ended optical logic arrangement
US4978842A (en) * 1989-04-21 1990-12-18 At&T Bell Laboratories Programmable optical logic device with complementary inputs
US5111034A (en) * 1989-09-27 1992-05-05 Omron Corporation Apparatus utilizing light emitting semiconductor device
US5130528A (en) * 1991-03-01 1992-07-14 International Business Machines Corporation Opto-photo-electric switch
US5172259A (en) * 1991-02-27 1992-12-15 At&T Laboratories Embedded control network
US5198656A (en) * 1991-06-06 1993-03-30 At&T Bell Laboratories Dynamic optical logic using voltage pull up
US5238867A (en) * 1991-07-09 1993-08-24 Posco Educational Foundation Method for preparing an optical switching device having multiple quantum wells
US5247168A (en) * 1990-09-21 1993-09-21 Thomson-Csf Light frequency converter having laser device connected in series with photodetector
US5251052A (en) * 1992-09-02 1993-10-05 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy System for solving boolean equations using optical lookup tables
US5288990A (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-02-22 At&T Bell Laboratories Differential self-electrooptic effect device
US5311008A (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-05-10 At&T Bell Laboratories Self-electrooptic effect device for providing integer gain to input optical signals having series connected quantum well diodes
US5483375A (en) * 1994-12-14 1996-01-09 At&T Corp. Optical ratio amplifier
US5488231A (en) * 1994-11-23 1996-01-30 Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute Metal/semiconductor junction Schottky diode optical device using a distortion grown layer
US5508508A (en) * 1994-07-08 1996-04-16 At&T Corp. Apparatus for converting optical bipolar signals to optical unipolar signals
US5539668A (en) * 1993-07-30 1996-07-23 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Optical switching apparatus
US6636681B2 (en) 2001-05-07 2003-10-21 Photonport Technologies, Inc. Optical attenuator
US7218858B1 (en) 2002-05-20 2007-05-15 Ciena Corporation System and method for use of a variable optical attenuator in an optical network
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US4546244A (en) * 1984-03-14 1985-10-08 At&T Bell Laboratories Nonlinear and bistable optical device
US4691111A (en) * 1984-04-05 1987-09-01 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Multiple gap optically activated switch
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US4899201A (en) * 1987-08-14 1990-02-06 Regents Of The University Of Minnesota Electronic and optoelectric devices utilizing light hole properties
US4830444A (en) * 1987-12-31 1989-05-16 American Telephone And Telegraph Company, At&T Bell Laboratories Optical switch
US4800262A (en) * 1987-12-31 1989-01-24 American Telephone And Telegraph Company, At&T Bell Laboratories Tri-state optical device with quantum well absorption
US4952791A (en) * 1988-12-12 1990-08-28 At&T Bell Laboratories Monolithic apparatus comprising optically interconnected quantum well devices
US4914286A (en) * 1989-04-20 1990-04-03 At&T Bell Laboratories Method and apparatus for increasing the processing capacity of optical digital processing systems having optically bistable devices
US4978842A (en) * 1989-04-21 1990-12-18 At&T Bell Laboratories Programmable optical logic device with complementary inputs
US4904858A (en) * 1989-05-31 1990-02-27 American Telephone And Telegraph Company Programmable optical logic devices operable by measuring the ratio of optical data signal power to optical reference threshold power
DE4017401A1 (en) * 1989-05-31 1990-12-06 American Telephone & Telegraph PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL LOGIC COMPONENTS
US4967068A (en) * 1989-08-28 1990-10-30 At&T Bell Laboratories Single-ended optical logic arrangement
US4959534A (en) * 1989-08-28 1990-09-25 At&T Bell Laboratories Differential optical logic arrangement
US5111034A (en) * 1989-09-27 1992-05-05 Omron Corporation Apparatus utilizing light emitting semiconductor device
US5247168A (en) * 1990-09-21 1993-09-21 Thomson-Csf Light frequency converter having laser device connected in series with photodetector
US5172259A (en) * 1991-02-27 1992-12-15 At&T Laboratories Embedded control network
US5130528A (en) * 1991-03-01 1992-07-14 International Business Machines Corporation Opto-photo-electric switch
US5198656A (en) * 1991-06-06 1993-03-30 At&T Bell Laboratories Dynamic optical logic using voltage pull up
US5238867A (en) * 1991-07-09 1993-08-24 Posco Educational Foundation Method for preparing an optical switching device having multiple quantum wells
US5251052A (en) * 1992-09-02 1993-10-05 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy System for solving boolean equations using optical lookup tables
US5288990A (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-02-22 At&T Bell Laboratories Differential self-electrooptic effect device
US5311008A (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-05-10 At&T Bell Laboratories Self-electrooptic effect device for providing integer gain to input optical signals having series connected quantum well diodes
EP0605117A1 (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-07-06 AT&T Corp. Integer gain self-electrooptic effect device
US5646395A (en) * 1992-12-28 1997-07-08 Lucent Technologies Inc. Differential self-electrooptic effect device
US5539668A (en) * 1993-07-30 1996-07-23 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Optical switching apparatus
US5508508A (en) * 1994-07-08 1996-04-16 At&T Corp. Apparatus for converting optical bipolar signals to optical unipolar signals
US5488231A (en) * 1994-11-23 1996-01-30 Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute Metal/semiconductor junction Schottky diode optical device using a distortion grown layer
US5483375A (en) * 1994-12-14 1996-01-09 At&T Corp. Optical ratio amplifier
US6636681B2 (en) 2001-05-07 2003-10-21 Photonport Technologies, Inc. Optical attenuator
US7218858B1 (en) 2002-05-20 2007-05-15 Ciena Corporation System and method for use of a variable optical attenuator in an optical network
US8184984B1 (en) * 2002-11-13 2012-05-22 Finisar Corporation Optical transceiver having a modulating component

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DE3850103T2 (en) 1994-12-15
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JP2555438B2 (en) 1996-11-20
DE3850103D1 (en) 1994-07-14

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